Off The Record
If there’s something that must be said, but cannot be said within blogging / journalistic confines, this is the place to say it. We’ve used this column to poke fun, to provoke and to just say our minds.
Rooney’s interview about Fergi, World Cup, Becks, etc.
D-Wreck Interviews Wayne Rooney concerning Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Avram Grant, Nick Webster, the World Cup, David Beckham, Shrek, his interest in prostitution, football in general, the Champions League, the US World Cup Squad and so much more.
Mourinho: “My heart will beat for Inter”
Jose’ Mourinho leads Internazionale Milan in a key Champions League return leg tie on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge. Inter remains the only Italian team left in the UCL. Should the Milanese side be eliminated by Chelsea, Juventus (who will be at Craven Cottage next Thursday against Fulham) would be the only Italian club left…
Bridge speaks out for the first time about Terry and Vanessa
A bit late, but this is a classic by D-Wreck – an exclusive interview with Wayne Bridge on John Terry’s ‘alleged’ affair with Vanessa Perroncel:
Real Madrid – 200mil down the drain
This comes in as a consolation for the Liverpool fans because Real Madrid’s exit from the Champions League at the hands of Lyon after going on a spending-spree of €200m is a much bigger disappointment. They brought in some of the best in the world like Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United, Kaka from AC Milan,…
Europe – The Final Countdown (2012)
Five referees. Wage caps. The 6+5 rule. Michel Platini may be on a mission to over-complicate just about everything in European football, but on some subjects nobody can accuse him of neglecting the essentials. Take his visit to Kyiv in early July 2008. The UEFA president emerged visibly frustrated from a series of meetings to…
Football’s guilty pleasures
Danny Last, from the blog European Football Weekends talks about his footballing guilty pleasures. A guilty pleasure is something one enjoys and considers pleasurable despite feeling a trifle of guilt for doing so. Should we fear others discovering our lowbrow fascination with Eastern European floodlights and Real Zaragoza’s ”deepest goal nets in Europe” or is that “guilt”…
Give us back our Orange Ball!
Stuart Fuller, from the Blog The Ball is Round tries to find out where the orange ball has gone. In the first week of February I ended up through a variety of reasons in Barrow-in-Furness. Of course it was timed to co-incide with a game, more specifically Barrow AFC’s game with Luton Town. After weeks…
Romelu Lukaku – The new Drogba?
When legends start the downfall from their peak years, other names start popping up as their replacements. Scouts and journalists get busy with pointing fingers at youngsters who show the spark and likelihood of becoming one legend or another. Joe Cole was ‘the new Gazza’, Berbatov was ‘the new Cantona’, Rooney is ‘the new Pele’…
FA Respect – Are You Losing It?
The Football Association (FA) has recently launched a new campaign in its Respect program on March 3rd when England took on Egypt at Wembley. It is time that we all lend our support to what is a great campaign designed to reduce levels of anti-social behavior, both on and off the pitch. Whoever has played…
England vs Egypt and beer
Ahead of England and Egypt’s international friendly as a preparation for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. What is the most common thing that you see in a football crowd other than the flags and the weird hairstyles and wigs? Beer jugs!! England fans might consider themselves the world leaders in beer and pubs…
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